Tool theft from vans: are the police really to blame for the lack of convictions?

An example of the type of damage that may be inflicted on vans during the theft of tools

As the social media blame game heats up between the UK's police and tradesmen as to who is not doing enough about thieves damaging their vans in order to steal the huge amount of tools and equipment that goes missing on a daily basis, one could be forgiven for perusing the relevant social media sites and not realising that a 'Catch 22' situation exists - or realising what could be a simple (not to mention obvious) solution to this epidemic.

No doubt our tradesmen are indeed suffering huge losses of the paraphernalia they need to make a living, often incurring severely damage to their vehicles due to forced entry, and they are now seeking to vent their feelings on social media sites about the lack of individual attention shown by the police to their loss.

The police, they believe, have clearly done nothing about either arresting the culprits for breaking into their vehicles or organising a...